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[On a
visit to Earls Colne, Essex, England in August 2006, Alan Macfarlane and
Sarah Harrison, questioned by Kenong Guan and filmed by Xiaoxiao Yan,
reflect on the historical projects they have been engaged in between 1973
and the present. Twenty-two short film interviews with Alan Macfarlane
(and one of Sarah Harrison).]
A
visit to Earls Colne Church: Ralph Josselin, and the origins of individualism.
The
wealth and continuity of life in an English parish over a period of five
hundred years.
Leaving
England in order to see England.
Anthropology,
the need for comparison and the absence of a peasantry in England.
Why
we chose to study Earls Colne.
How
the Earls Colne project was organized.
The
continuity of English history and the undermining of historical certainties.
The
influence of a history teacher.
Reactions
to critics of 'The Origins of English Individualism'.
The
nature of peasant society and what made England different.
Feudalism
in England and Japan.
Japan
and China and their differences.
The
difference between islands and continents in political and economic structure.
How
the English legal system affected the family; the links to capitalism.
The
ancient woodland of England.
How
landed property worked in England.
Private,
public and semi-private property in England and its link to capitalism.
The
influence of the study of Earls Colne on other writings.
The
great divergence between Europe and China.
What
individualism means and how it occurred.
Some
reasons for the controversy over 'English Individualism' and replies to
critics.
Modifications
to the original argument in 'Origins of English Individualism' in later
work.
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